2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Cars
The second leg was quite dramatic. Kris Meeke rolled his Yaris in the opening stage of the day. He managed to carry on, but valuable time has been lost, which dropped him down to tenth overall at the end of the day. One stage later, championship leader Neuville crashed violently after a right-hand blind crest, badly damaging his i20. Luckily, the Belgian and his co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul were fine, but they were unable to continue the rally.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Cars
The battle for the final podium was on fire until Jari-Matti Latvala hit a rock in the final test and broke his Toyota's driveshaft, which elevated nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb to third, just 5.1 seconds off defending world champion Sébastien Ogier, who was half a minute behind rally leader Tänak. Eventually, Tänak took the rally victory, following by Ogier, who managed to keep Loeb behind, in second.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Kalle Rovanperä led in the Pro category with a slender 2.4-second advantage after an intense battle with Mads Østberg. The eighteen-year-old Finn extended his lead over Østberg as the Norwegian lost 30 seconds when fluid leaked out of the rear brakes of his C3 R5. Eventually, Rovanperä successfully took his first Pro victory of the season.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Three-time European Rally Champion Kajetan Kajetanowicz was initially entered for the event, but due to the mechanical issues in Rally Argentina, he and his team withdrew from Chile.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Local hero Alberto Heller was comfortable in the lead, but his brother Pedro Heller had to retire from the day as he rolled his Fiesta in the opening stage. However, Alberto was surpassed by Takamoto Katsuta in final stage of the second leg. Worse still, the Chilean rolled his Ford Fiesta into retirement in the second to last stage. Eventually, Katsuta brought car home to take his first victory of the season.


2019 Rally Chile, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Estonia
The 2019 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 12 and 14 July 2019. It marked the ninth running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of fifteen special stages totalling 151.98 km (94.44 mi) in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia. Two street stages were also held during the rally, in Tartu and in Elva. Rally headquarters and service park were based in Otepää, at the Tehvandi Sports Center, while city of Tartu hosted the ceremonial start and finish.


2019 Rally Estonia
The 2019 edition was the first ever Official WRC Promotional Event with all the current WRC works teams (Toyota, M-Sport, Hyundai and Citroën) featured in the line-up. Ott Tänak & Martin Järveoja repeated last year's win, this time ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen & Anders Jæger-Amland. Esapekka Lappi & Janne Ferm completed the podium.


2019 Rally Finland
The 2019 Rally Finland (also known as Neste Rally Finland 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 1 and 4 August 2019. It marked the sixty-ninth running of Rally Finland and was the ninth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. It was also the fourth round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in Jyväskylä in Keski-Suomi, and was contested over twenty-three special stages with a total a competitive distance of 307.58 km (191.12 mi).


2019 Rally Finland
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The local crew of Eerik Pietarinen and Juhana Raitanen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class by Škoda Motorsport. The Estonian crew of Ken Torn and Kuldar Sikk were the reigning winners of the Junior World Rally Championship, but they did not compete the rally.


2019 Rally Finland
Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their titles, adding their winning number to double figures. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the rally three years in a row. Local youngster Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took their fourth consecutive victory in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the Russian crew of Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov won the wider WRC-2 class as well as snatching their first WRC point. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog took their second victory of the season in the junior category to regain the championship lead.


2019 Rally Finland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a three-point ahead of defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further three points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a forty-four-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Finland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen held a thirteen-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were third, another thirteen points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, Škoda Motorsport and M-Sport Ford WRT tied with same points, with Citroën Total sixty-one points behind in third.


2019 Rally Finland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by eighteen points respectively. Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were second, following by Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson in third.


2019 Rally Finland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the Junior-World Rally Championship standings, Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro led Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog by nine points in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Dennis Rådström and Johan Johansson six points further behind in third in their own standings. In the Nations' standings, Sweden were first, six points cleared of Spain, with Germany eighteen points further behind in third.


2019 Rally Finland, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and thirteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Three crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class. A further fourteen entries were received for the Junior World Rally Championship.


2019 Rally Finland, Background, Route
There were no significant changes to the route for the 2019 event outside some slight length reductions to selected stages.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Cars
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were entered by M-Sport Ford WRT, but were later withdrawn when Evans was injured contesting Rally Estonia as part of their pre-event preparations. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were withdrawn from the WRC 2-Pro category and re-entered in Evans' and Martin's place. Hayden Paddon and John Kennard were entered into the rally by M-Sport Ford WRT, but they were withdrawn after a heavy crash during testing that caused irreparable damage their car.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Cars
It was a drama-free Friday for front runners, with Jari-Matti Latvala took a narrow lead into the second leg. However, the local Finn punctured his rear-left tyre in a right-hand corner, which dropped him down to third. Teammate Kris Meeke also ran into trouble at the same corner, but damage to the rear-left suspension forced the Northern Irishman retired from the day. Despite re-entering the rally on the final day, he still had to retire as he stopped again when he hit a rock. Gus Greensmith's rally ended his rally on SS20 after crashing into a tree.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Cars
The rally was easily won by Ott Tänak, who won his tenth rally in his WRC career as well as winning his 200th stage victory during the event.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Defending WRC-2 winner Eerik Pietarinen crashed out at the very first of the day and was unable to continue. Kalle Rovanperä was comfortable in the lead and collected his fourth straight WRC-2 Pro victory.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Local driver Emil Lindholm led the category before he crashed out in the second stage. Pierre-Louis Loubet led the class until the last stage of leg two, when he misheard a pace note and smashed into a tree. Eventually, Nikolay Gryazin snatched his first victory of the class after a consistent weekend.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Finland, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Raul Badiu heavily crashed his Ford Fiesta R2, suffering two fractured ribs and a concussion. The Romanian was forced to retire from the rally and received medical treatment. Roland Poom and Jürgen Heigl was the two major retirements in the second leg. Dennis Rådström could have taken some good points from the event, but the crash in the penultimate stage means he was thirty-four points off the lead. Compatriot Tom Kristensson took the victory with eight stage victories to retake the championship lead.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
The 2019 Rally Italia Sardegna (also known as Rally Italia Sardegna 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 June 2019. It marked the sixteenth running of Rally Italia Sardegna and was the eighth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. It was also the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in Alghero in Sardinia, and was contested over nineteen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 310.52 km (192.95 mi).


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they participated in the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio won their second career victory. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, successfully defended their titles. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took hat-trick in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the French crew of Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais won the wider WRC-2 class. The third round of the J-WRC championship was taken by the Rally Team Spain crew of Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a two-point ahead of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further ten points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twenty-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen held a three-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Łukasz Pieniążek and Elliott Edmondson were third, nine and ten points further back respectively. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by thirty-one points, with Citroën Total thirty-three points further behind in third.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by twenty-two points respectively. Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were second, following by Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson in third.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the Junior-World Rally Championship standings, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog led Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro by thirteen points in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Dennis Rådström and Johan Johansson two points further behind in third in their own standings. In the Nations' standings, Sweden were first, thirteen points clear of Spain, with Estonia two points further behind in third.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro, Junior World Rally Championship, Italian national championship and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of ninety-four entries were received, with twelve crews entered with World Rally Cars and fifteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Five crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class. A further eleven entries were received for the Junior World Rally Championship.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Background, Route
The Ittiri Arena stage will be removed from the itinerary as well as some slight length-adjustments to selected stages.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Cars
The first leg saw defending world champion Sébastien Ogier, who was the road-cleaner in Sardinia, caught out after hitting a huge rock in the morning loop. Ogier's Citroën C3 sustained serious suspension damage, forcing him and co-driver Julien Ingrassia to retire from the stage. Teemu Suninen took an early lead until a spin handed the lead to Jari-Matti Latvala, who rolled his Yaris in the afternoon loop. Things went from bad to worse as the Finn went off the road in the final stage of the leg. Thierry Neuville also hit trouble as his i20 slid nose-first into a ditch, with the Hyundai's radiator being pierced in the ordeal. Eventually, Dani Sordo became the overnight leader.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Cars
On day two, with a much better road position, Ott Tänak took over the rally — he dominated the day and won all six stages, turning a ten-second deficit to a twenty-five-second lead. However, his teammate Kris Meeke had to change a punctured tyre in the final test, which dropped him down from fifth to eighth.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Cars
Things went against Tänak's favour in the power stage, however, when a late power steering failure deprived the Estonian of a third consecutive rally win, handing the victory to Sordo; his first rally win since the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Mads Østberg was very likely to lead the category, but he lost almost eleven minutes adrift after hitting a stone in the opening stage, which meant Kalle Rovanperä became the leader. Gus Greensmith retired from the day due to plunging down a bank. Although he restarted on Saturday, a suspension failure forced him to stop again. Eventually, Rovanperä won the category as well as played a hat-trick.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Pierre-Louis Loubet enjoyed a toublefree day in the lead. The major retirements of the leg included Fabio Andolfi, who ripped a front wheel from his Fabia, and Ole Christian Veiby due to multiple issues. On day two, Nikolay Gryazin retired from second when he hit a rock and ripped off his right-front wheel. Back to the front, Takamoto Katsuta surpassed Loubet in the final test of the leg. However, his car was on fire on the final day and forced to retire from the rally, which handled the victory back to the former category leader Loubet.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Italia Sardegna, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Dennis Rådström dominated the first day, while Sean Johnston retired from the leg due to clipping a bank and plunging off the road. Rådström maintained the lead on leg two, but his lead was slashed to only 1.2 seconds. However, he lost the lead to Jan Solans, who eventually won the J-WRC victory.


2019 Rally Mexico
The 2019 Rally Mexico (also known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 7 and 10 March 2019. It marked the sixteenth running of Rally Mexico and was the third round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in the town of León in Guanajuato and consisted of twenty-one special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 316.51 km (196.67 mi).


2019 Rally Mexico
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending rally winners of WRC-2, but they did not participate in the event.


2019 Rally Mexico
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners. The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller won the WRC-2 Pro category, while Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category.


2019 Rally Mexico, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships for the first time in their career, with a seven-point ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a further nine points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a one-point lead over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.


2019 Rally Mexico, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson held a four-point lead ahead of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were third, eleven points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by sixteen points, with eleven-point-behind Citroën Total in third.


2019 Rally Mexico, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by fifteen points respectively. Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud were second, with Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in third in each standings, another eight points behind.


2019 Rally Mexico, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of twenty-three entries were received, with ten crews entered with World Rally Cars and five entered the World Rally Championship-2. Only one crew was nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rally Mexico, Background, Route
All the stages are located in the state of Guanajuato. Compared with the 2018 edition, the route of the 2019 edition was 27.98 km (17.39 mi) shorter. The Duarte — Derramadero stage was removed. Instead, the Mesa Cuata stage joined the itinerary.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Cars
The 2019 edition of Rally Mexico started with a curtailment of the opening stage due to an irreparable damaged jump. Andreas Mikkelsen took a short-lived lead on Friday morning, but the Norwegian lost his lead to Sébastien Ogier as they hit a rock and damaged the suspension. Teammate Dani Sordo also forced to retire from the day due to electrical issue. Jari-Matti Latvala was running in fourth before retiring with alternator failure. The other major retirement of the first leg was Teemu Suninen, who went off the road in his Fiesta. The young Finn retired from the rally in the end.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Cars
It turned out that Ogier was a lucky man. Despite a front-left puncture, he still reduced his time loss to just twenty seconds as his teammate Esapekka Lappi went off the road and caused the red flag, which saved his rally-winning chances. However, Kris Meeke wasn't as fortunate, as he suffered a puncture on the following Otates stage, with damaged suspension, which dropped him from the lead down to fifth place. Eventually, Ogier net his fifth Mexico victory with a power stage victory, surpassed Thierry Neuville in the drivers' standings in second, narrowing to four points off the championship leader Ott Tänak, who finished second overall, with Elfyn Evans got his first podium finish of the season.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Cars
The rally was not without controversy however. The damaged ramp was met with criticism, deeming it to be unnecessarily dangerous to both drivers and spectators, and allegations of cheating surfaced with Kris Meeke accusing Citroen of abusing red flag rules to give Ogier an unfair advantage; Meeke would later retract his statement in an apology.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
The only WRC-2 Pro driver Łukasz Pieniążek was unable to complete Friday as he crashed out in SS6. After re-entering the rally, he enjoyed a trouble-free day and eventually won the category.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Eighteen-year-old driver Marco Bulacia Wilkinson edged Benito Guerra in 9.8 seconds. The two dominated the category in two Fabia R5s as they won all eight stages of Friday combined. On the leg 2, Guerra surpassed Wilkinson and ended the day with a lead over three and a half minutes. Heller brothers both failed to finished the day. Alberto Heller retired with broken steering, while Pedro Heller retired with a mechanical issue. They restarted in the final leg, but Pedro Heller retired from the rally because of a mechanical issue. The event went into Guerra's pocket in the end, which is his first home victory in his career.


2019 Rally Mexico, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Sweden
The 2019 Rally Sweden (also known as the Rally Sweden 2019) (Swedish: Svenska Rallyt 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 14 and 17 February 2019. It marked the sixty-seventh running of Rally Sweden and was the second round of the 2019 World Rally Championship. It was also the second round of the World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class, and the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County and consists of nineteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 319.17 km (198.32 mi).


2019 Rally Sweden
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Takamoto Katsuta and Marko Salminen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category. Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson were the reigning World Rally Championship-3 and defending Junior World Rally Championship winners, but didn't defend their WRC-3 title as the category was discontinued in 2019.


2019 Rally Sweden
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja became the fourth non-Nordic crew to win the event. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Citroën Total crew of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen took the victory in the WRC-2 Pro category, while Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category. This marked the first R5 class victory in the WRC for the new Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. The first round of the J-WRC championship was taken by Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog crew in their maiden appearances.


2019 Rally Sweden
Jari-Matti Latvala surpassed the record for most starts in the history of the World Rally Championship with his 197th start. The previous record was set by Carlos Sainz, with 196 starts.


2019 Rally Sweden, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with an eight-point lead over the defending rally winners Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further four points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a five-point lead over Citroën World Rally Team and the defending manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Sweden, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the newly-created World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson held a seven-point lead ahead of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. In the teams' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by seven points.


2019 Rally Sweden, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by seven points respectively. Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul were second, with Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson in third in each standings, another slender three points behind.


2019 Rally Sweden, Background, Entry list
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and WRC-2 Pro, the Junior World Rally Championship, and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-two entries were received, with fourteen crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-three entered the World Rally Championship-2; of these, five were nominated to score points in the Pro class. A further thirteen entries were received for the Junior World Rally Championship.


2019 Rally Sweden, Background, Route
The route of the 2019 rally is made up of 319.17 km (198.32 mi) in competitive stages, some 4.92 km (3.06 mi) longer than the 2018 event. The Rämmen stage will return replace the Torntorp stage. Rämmen is due to be run as SS9 and SS12 and will run in the opposite direction to previous years.


2019 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Cars
Being first on the road meant Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia have to endure changeable conditions and unpredictable grip. As it turned out, it is highly risky. The six-time World Champions went off the road on Svullrya and stuck in the snowbank, which forced them to retire from the first leg. The other major victim was Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila crew, who went wide over a crest on the final stage of Friday and cost them nearly twenty-four minutes to get unstuck. They chose to run under Rally2 regulation so that they reduced the time loss to ten minutes.


2019 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Cars
The second leg of the rally appeared to be a total disaster for Teemu Suninen and Marko Salminen. Having led a rally for the first time ever, they beached their Fiesta at a left-hand corner, which dropped them down to eighth. Worse still, at the afternoon loop, they hit a tree and damaged their roll cage, which forced them to retire from the day. Following the retirement of Suninen and Salminen, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were comfortable in the lead.


2019 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Cars
Eventually, The Estonian crew comfortably took their first snow-surfaced rally victory. With the win, they led in the both drivers' and co-drivers' standings for the first time ever in their career by seven points. Their team, defending manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT also led the championship by one point. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm crew managed to keep themselves ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul with just a three seconds of advantage.


2019 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Sweden, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Turkey
The 2019 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2019) is a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 September 2019. It marked the twelfth running of Rally Turkey and was the eleventh round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over seventeen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 310.10 km (192.69 mi).


2019 Rally Turkey
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.


2019 Rally Turkey
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won in Turkey for the first time in their careers. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners. The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson won the WRC-2 Pro category, while the Polish crew of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the wider WRC-2 class to take the championship lead, finishing third in the combined WRC-2 category.


2019 Rally Turkey, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a thirty-three-point ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a further seven points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held an eight-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally Turkey, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were forty-one points ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were third, another twenty-five points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, Škoda Motorsport led M-Sport Ford WRT by twenty-nine points, with Citroën Total eighty-five points behind in third.


2019 Rally Turkey, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by four points respectively. Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata were second, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were third, six points separating them.


2019 Rally Turkey, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of thirty-one entries were received, with ten crews entered with World Rally Cars and sixteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Three crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rally Turkey, Background, Route
Two brand new stages were introduced into the route, while the twisty Çiçekli stage has moved from Friday to Sunday and runs in opposite direction.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Cars
The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin had been due to return, having missed the Rallies of Finland and Germany when Evans injured himself in a pre-event testing accident while preparing for Rally Finland. However, Evans' recovery necessitated further delays, with Wales Rally GB earmarked for their return.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Cars
Several drivers suffered punctures, including three Toyota drivers and Dani Sordo. Esapekka Lappi led into the second leg, following by champion teammate Sébastien Ogier. Thierry Neuville was in the eighth spot after the morning loop, but a masterful drive in the afternoon loop promoted the Belgian to third.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Cars
Saturday was full of dramas. At the opening stage of the leg, championship contender Neuville went off the road and lost approximately four minutes, which dropped him down to ninth. Moments later, championship leader Ott Tänak was out as well. His Yaris broke down at the road section and was unable to move further, which means his day was over. Following Ogier's major rivals in troubles, the defending world champion put himself on the top of the leaderboard as of Friday, just 0.2 second ahead of teammate Lappi. Eventually, they both safely completed the rally to bring Citroën their first 1-2 finish since 2015 Rally Argentina.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Jan Kopecký survived a day of "rockstorm" after two punctures, while his teammate Kalle Rovanperä retired form the day as he rolled his Fabia in the morning's opening test. However, Kopecký suffered yet another puncture, which lost his lead to Gus Greensmith. However, Greensmith rolled his Fiesta R5 after the flying finish at the second to last stage. He was able to complete the final test to take his second Pro victory.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Local driver Bugra Banaz's rally was over as his Fiesta R5 burnt out on the liaison section to the final stage. Kajetan Kajetanowicz held a three-minute lead after Saturday after two drama-free days. However, he broke a driveshaft on Sunday, but managed to bring his wounded Fabia home to take his first victory of season in the category.


2019 Rally Turkey, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally de Portugal
The 2019 Rally de Portugal (also known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 30 May and 2 June May 2019. It marked the fifty-third running of Rally de Portugal, and was the seventh round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The rally was also part of the Portuguese national championship and Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica. The 2019 event was based in Matosinhos in Porto and consisted of twenty special stages totalling 311.47 km (193.54 mi) competitive kilometres.


2019 Rally de Portugal
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not participate in the rally. The Swedish crew Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson were the reigning World Rally Championship-3 winners, but they did not defend their titles as the category was discontinued in 2019.


2019 Rally de Portugal
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the Rally de Portugal for the first time in their career. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took the back-to-back victory in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the French crew of Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais won the wider WRC-2 class.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a ten-point ahead of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further two points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twenty-nine-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson held a five-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller were third, six points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by sixty-two points, with Citroën Total fifteen points further behind in third.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by fourteen points respectively. Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were second, following by Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson in third.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro, Portuguese national championship, Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-one entries were received, with twelve crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-seven entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Background, Route
The 2019 route cut 46.72 km (29.0 mi) from the 2018 itinerary to meet the regulation of the 350 km (217.5 mi) maximum total distance.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Cars
Hyundai Motorsport had initially planned to enter Andreas Mikkelsen for the rally but he was dropped in favour of Sébastien Loeb, due to Mikkelsen's inconsistent form on gravel. However, Loeb's rally was conceded almost sixteen  minutes as his fuel system failed. So was his teammate Dani Sordo, who grabbed an early lead until the similar issue happened to him. Following Hyundai's double disasters, Toyota managed to end the day with an 1-2-3. Teemu Suninen was the only driver can match Yaris' pace, but a brake failure pushed the Finn down to sixth. Teammate Elfyn Evans hit trouble as well. The Welshman lost almost four minutes when his Fiesta stopped with an electrical problem, which raised heavy dust when went back on the road. The dust affected greatly on Esapekka Lappi, who suffered a puncture early before, but the time he loss was later credited back to him.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Cars
On day two, rally leader Ott Tänak hit a damper issue and slashed his lead to just 4.3 seconds. Teammate Jari-Matti Latvala suffered the same problem, but he was unable to finish the rally, so Rally2 for the Finn. A double dose of tactics by Thierry Neuville's Hyundai team boosted him to third, less than ten seconds off the lead. Gus Greensmith had to retire from the day as he crashed his Fiesta into a ditch.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Cars
Eventually, Tänak secured a back-to-back victory, while the final day saw four major retirements. Esapekka Lappi was running fifth until he hit a bank and broke the rear left suspension. Kris Meeke spun out second place to his rival before he retired as he crashed into a tree. Gus Greensmith's WRC debut ended up with a crash in the final Fafe stage. Sébastien Loeb was another late casualty, retiring his i20 after hitting a bank in the same stage despite the fact that he had crossed the finishing line.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Škoda Motorsport débuted a new-generation Fabia R5, the Škoda Fabia R5 Evo, driven by drivers Jan Kopecký and Kalle Rovanperä. Rovanperä led the category comfortably until a puncture lost his lead to Kopecký. Mads Østberg was unable to finish the leg as he suffered several issues including brake problems, damaged suspension and puncture. In leg two, Rovanperä recaptured the lead as the Škoda Fabia R5 Evo's bonnet of Kopecký broke free from its fastenings after a heavy landing from a jump. Lukasz Pieniazek crashed into a tree and forced to retire from the day. In the end, Rovanperä claimed the victory as well as moving up to the top of the class standings.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Ole Christian Veiby led Nikolay Gryazin by 25.2 seconds. Rhys Yates retired due to double punctures, while Jari Huttunen stopped with suspension damage. Local driver Pedro Meireles retired from the rally as his Polo R5 caught fire. Day two was full of dramas. Overnight leader Veiby's rally ended up with car on fire, which handled the lead to Takamoto Katsuta, who also retired from the day due to crashing. Other retirements included Jari Huttunen, who crashed his Hyundai i20 R5, and local driver Diogo Salvi. Eerik Pietarainen damaged his Fabia's suspension, which dropped him from second to fourth in the class standings. Following so many dramas, Pierre-Louis Loubet snatched the victory.


2019 Rally de Portugal, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rallye Deutschland
The 2019 Rallye Deutschland (also known as ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 22 and 25 August 2019. It marked the thirty-seventh running of Rallye Deutschland and was the tenth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based at the Bostalsee in Saarland, and was contested over nineteen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 344.04 km (213.78 mi).


2019 Rallye Deutschland
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.


2019 Rallye Deutschland
Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their titles to get German hat-trick. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the rally and covered all three podium places for the first time since 1993 Safari Rally. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler took their first victory of the season in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the local crew of Fabian Kreim and Tobias Braun won the wider WRC-2 class.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a twenty-two-point ahead of defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further three points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twenty-four-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen held a thirty-eight-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were third, another thirteen points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, Škoda Motorsport led M-Sport Ford WRT by three points, with Citroën Total sixty-one points behind in third.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by eighteen points respectively. Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais crew and Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov crew tied in second.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of fifty-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and nineteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Background, Route
The competitive distance was increased from the 2018 event, while the liaison sections were shortened. The second leg features with a new format, with a pair of stages run twice in the morning and another pair run twice in the afternoon. This differs from the traditional format where all stages are run once before the second pass in the afternoon.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Report, World Rally Cars
The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were expected to return, having been forced to miss Rally Finland when Evans was injured in a pre-event testing crash. However, Evans' recovery time was subsequently extended, forcing him to miss Rallye Deutschland as well.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Report, World Rally Cars
Ott Tänak held a narrow lead ahead of title rival Thierry Neuville going to the second leg. Teemu Suninen retired from Friday with mechanical problems. In Saturday afternoon, Tänak's two title rivals Neuville and Sébastien Ogier both suffered a puncture, which gave Toyota a dramatic 1-2-3. Eventually, three Toyotas came back safely to complete the first 1-2-3 finish in WRC since 2015 Rallye Deutschland.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Kalle Rovanperä led the category with a 20-second margin going into Saturday, but the young Finn had a nightmare morning on Saturday, when he slid into the ditch twice. Kalle's mistakes handed his lead to his teammate Jan Kopecký. Eventually, he won his first Pro victory.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Stéphane Lefebvre held off fellow Frenchman Nicolas Ciamin until he crashed out his Polo during SS9. Unfortunately, Ciamin also crashed out in the following stage, which inherited the lead to local driver Fabian Kreim and handed him a fantastic home win.


2019 Rallye Deutschland, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Rantau by-election
A by-election was held on 13 April 2019 for the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly seat of Rantau. The seat became vacant after the uncontested election of incumbent Mohamad Hasan of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition was declared null and void.


2019 Rantau by-election
In the 2018 elections, Mohamad Hasan, the 3-term former Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan won the seat uncontested after People's Justice Party (PKR)’s candidate Dr Streram Sinnansamy was not allowed to enter the Nomination Centre to file his papers. However, the Election Court has on the 16 November 2018, allowed the petition by Dr S. Streram and passed a ruling that Mohamad Hasan had not been duly elected. A fresh elections was called to be held after Mohamad Hasan's appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court on 18 February 2019.


2019 Rantau by-election
The nomination day was on 30 March, with a about 2-week campaigning period until election day. The constituency has 20,926 registered voters- 20,804 ordinary voters, 118 early voters and four absentee voters.


2019 Rantau by-election
Barisan Nasional's Mohamad Hasan won the by-election with a 4,510 majority to retain the seat again. It is the third consecutive by-election victory for the BN coalition. The other two being the Cameron Highlands and Semenyih by-elections.


2019 Rantau by-election, Nominations
The UMNO acting president Mohamad Hasan declared he is ready to defend the Rantau seat again, after the Federal Court upheld an Election Court's ruling to nullify the result of him winning the seat unopposed in the last general election.


2019 Rantau by-election, Nominations
Meanwhile, Dr S. Streram, an anaesthetist who is the Rembau PKR deputy chief, said he would leave the candidacy to the party leadership and vowed not to contest as an independent if he was not selected as candidate for the Rantau by-election. On 11 March 2019, he was chosen as the PH candidate for the by-election.


2019 Rantau by-election, Nominations
PKR member and businessman, Hazan Khalid initially decided on 27 March 2019 that he would contest as an independent candidate after he disagreed with the candidacy of Dr S. Streram, as the PH candidate. However he didn't turn up to file his papers on Nomination Day.


2019 Rantau by-election, Nominations
On Nomination Day, alongside Mohamad Hasan and Dr S. Streram, two independents, retired teacher Mohd Nor Yasin (pen logo) and housewife Malar Rajaram (tree logo) submitted their papers. The EC confirmed a four-cornered fight for the by-election.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
Dr S. Streram was alleged to borrowed and failed to repay Segamat Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Dr R. Santhara Kumar a debt of RM60,000 for his child's education which he claimed that he had repaid the debt in full. PH chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that Dr S. Streram  was selected as candidate as he is not a bankrupt and PH is upholding its principles as Dr S. Streram was denied from a fair contest in the 14th general election.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
Mohamad Hasan told the public to look into his past contributions before calling him a racist. Mohamad's past speeches which purportedly touch on vernacular schools and remarks describing non-Malays were which alleged to be racists and has sparked outrage among the public.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
Independent candidate, Mohd Nor Yassin had been confirmed to be a member of National Trust Party (AMANAH). The party planned to expel him from the party for contesting as an independent and not supporting the PH Candidate. Mohd Nor Yassin was also the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate for the state constituency of Gemencheh during the 2013 general election. He was expelled from AMANAH on the same day.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
Former Melaka Chief Minister, Idris Haron promised in a campaign speech that if BN won the by-election, they will provide two goats for a feast. EC Chairman, Azhar Harun, has confirmed that it's an election offense.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
A provocation banner displaying sensitive and racism messages has been hung up in the Rantau area. Mohamad Hasan, the BN candidate has denied claims of BN hanging the banner. Streram meanwhile lodged a police report on the matter.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
A case involving an RM10 million being remitted and transferred through a money changer by Mohamad to buy a luxury apartment in London has been brought up by the Speaker of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. Mohamad however has denied claims of any wrongdoing by him. Mohamad was asked to explain the reason he used a money changer instead of a bank to transfer RM10 million and also his connection on a RM6 million Minangkabau design bungalow in Seremban.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
A video emerged of five individuals in clothing bearing PH logos searching a police car on polling day as they suspected extra ballot boxes were being ferried in the vehicle, but their search only turned up to be false alarm.


2019 Rantau by-election, Controversies and issues
Meanwhile, arguments and physical fights among the PKR machinery members had erupted at the PH's Rantau command centre following unofficial reports of its candidate Dr S. Streram's defeat in the Rantau by-election. The incident was said to be happened because of misunderstanding and disagreement over the machinery payment.


2019 Reading Borough Council election
The 2019 Reading Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members in 15 wards of Reading Borough Council. There was also a casual vacancy in Thames ward. The Labour Party held control of the council.


2019 Reading Borough Council election
The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party succeeded in making significant increases in their vote across the borough, the Liberal Democrats gaining Tilehurst from the Conservatives and the Green Party gaining Redlands Ward from The Labour Party. The only gain for either of the two major parties was in Caversham where Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives. The election was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Real Monarchs season
The 2019 Real Monarchs season is the fifth season for Real Monarchs in the United Soccer League Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2019 Real Monarchs season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On December 19, 2018, the USL announced that their 2019 season schedule.


2019 Real Monarchs season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to being owned by a higher division professional club (Real Salt Lake), Real Monarchs is one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2019 Real Salt Lake season
The 2019 Real Salt Lake season is the team's 15th year of existence, and their 15th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.


2019 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, MLS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: October 7, 2019Source: MLS ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2019 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2019 CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (Portuguese: CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana de 2019) was the 27th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (also referred to as the Recopa Sudamericana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.


2019 Recopa Sudamericana
The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine team River Plate, the 2018 Copa Libertadores champions, and Brazilian team Athletico Paranaense, the 2018 Copa Sudamericana champions. The first leg was hosted by Athletico Paranaense at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba on 22 May 2019, while the second leg was hosted by River Plate on 30 May 2019 at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires.


2019 Recopa Sudamericana
River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate for their third Recopa Sudamericana title.


2019 Recopa Sudamericana, Format
The Recopa Sudamericana was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions (River Plate) hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2019 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)John Alexander León (Colombia)Fourth official:Carlos Herrera (Colombia)Video assistant referee:Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)Assistant video assistant referees:Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)


2019 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Christian Scheimann (Chile)Claudio Ríos (Chile)Fourth official:Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)Video assistant referee:Diego Haro (Peru)Assistant video assistant referees:Víctor Carrillo (Peru)Jonny Bossio (Peru)


2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourteenth and final Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. Red Bull has decided not to continue the Red Bull Air Race World Championship beyond the 2019 season.


2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Race calendar and results
On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Red Bull Air Race will be held in Chiba on September 7th and 8th at the Muroya's kickoff meeting held in Tokyo. The eight-event calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 29 January 2019.


2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Race calendar and results
Races in Indianapolis, USA and Saudi Arabia which were to be held in October and November respectively were cancelled. Two more planned races, one in Europe and the other in Asia, did not have a venue at the time of the caledar reveal.


2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
The 2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was the 11th season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. The series began on 13 April in El Nido, Philippines, with the final event taking place on 14 September in Bilbao, Spain.


2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Calendar
The 2019 calendar included three locations that were new to the series: El Nido, Dublin and Beirut. The final event took place on 14 September in Bilbao.


2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Divers
The line-up of divers for the 2019 series was announced in November 2018. The men's series featured 10 permanent divers, with former Olympic divers Constantin Popovici and Oleksiy Pryhorov joining the permanent line-up for the first time. In the women's series, the line-up of six permanent divers included 23-year-old newcomer Eleanor Smart, who was the youngest permanent diver on the 2019 tour. In addition to the permanent divers, at least four wildcard divers were selected to compete at each stop of the men's and women's series.


2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Standings
At each event, each competing diver performed four dives. The diver with the highest cumulative score after all four dives was declared the winner, and was awarded 200 points. Further points were awarded to all divers who competed at each event, based on their finishing position.


2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Standings, Men
The men's series featured seven events. The 10 permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.


2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Standings, Women
The women's series featured seven events. The six permanent divers were joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.


2019 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
The 2019 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the thirteenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the seventh year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Jerez on 4 May and ending on 22 September at MotorLand Aragón. Spanish rider Carlos Tatay won the championship, securing the title after the Misano race.


2019 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.


2019 Redbox Bowl
The 2019 Redbox Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2019, with kickoff at 4:00 p.m. EST (1:00 p.m. local PDT) on Fox. It was the 18th edition of the Redbox Bowl, though only the second under the current name, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Redbox, a DVD and video game rental company.


2019 Redbox Bowl, Teams
The game was played between the California Golden Bears from the Pac-12 Conference and the Illinois Fighting Illini from the Big Ten Conference. This was the 11th meeting between the programs; Illinois led the all-time series, 7–3.


2019 Redbox Bowl, Teams, California Golden Bears
California entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (4–5 in conference). The Golden Bears finished in a three-way tie for second place in the Pac-12's North Division. They were 1–2 against ranked teams, defeating Washington while losing to Oregon and Utah. This was California's second Redbox Bowl; their 2008 team won the then-Emerald Bowl over Miami (FL), 24–17.


2019 Redbox Bowl, Teams, Illinois Fighting Illini
Illinois entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (4–5 in conference). The Fighting Illini finished in fourth place of the West Division of the Big Ten. They were also 1–2 against ranked teams, defeating Wisconsin while losing to Michigan and Iowa. This was also Illinois' second Redbox Bowl; their 2011 team won the then-Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl over UCLA, 20–14.


2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election
The 2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Redditch Borough Council election
The 2019 Redditch Borough Council elections took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council, a district-level local authority in Worcestershire, England.


2019 Reed Bank incident
The 2019 Reed Bank incident occurred when F/B Gem-Ver, a Philippine fishing boat anchored in Reed Bank in the South China Sea, sank after it was rammed by a Chinese vessel, Yuemaobinyu 42212, during the early morning hours of 9 June 2019. The  stricken vessel's crew were later rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel.


2019 Reed Bank incident
An independent investigation by Philippine authorities later determined that the Chinese vessel involved in the incident failed to undertake measures to avoid colliding with the F/B Gem-Ver and abandoned the stricken boat's crew, in violation of maritime laws.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background
F/B Gem-Ver sailed from San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on 29 May 2019, with 22 crewmen led by captain Junel Insigne.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background
The vessel was rammed and sunk on 9 June 2019 by another ship described as Chinese by the crew while anchored near Reed Bank in the South China Sea. The whole sea is claimed by China as it territory, while a 2016 arbitration ruling determined the area to be within the Philippines exclusive economic zone.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background
The ship that rammed F/B Gem-Ver left the crew floating at sea. Two of the crewmen managed to reach TGTG-90983-TS, a Vietnamese fishing vessel, after two hours of paddling; the rest of the crew were later rescued by this Vietnamese vessel, which sailed from Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam in the southern Mekong Delta. The Filipino crewmen were turned over to the Philippine Navy and were taken aboard BRP Ramon Alcaraz. All but one of the 22 crew members returned home to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on 14 June 2019. A lone crewman was left behind to oversee the towing of the barely floating wreckage of their wooden boat back to its home port in San Jose.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background
Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea stated that the incident was unprecedented; it was the first time that Chinese maritime assets "deliberately rammed, sank, and abandoned a Filipino fishing vessel in the West Philippine Sea (named used by the Philippine government to refer to parts of the South China Sea)".


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background
He further added that the incident could prove to be a tipping point in Sino-Filipino relations in the South China Sea; if no satisfactory action is passed on the part of China, it could "herald a new phase in Philippine-China interaction in the West Philippine Sea: one where we (the Philippines) will be forced out of the West Philippine Sea."


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background, F/B Gem-Ver
F/B Gem-Ver is a Filipino wooden-hulled fishing banca owned and operated by Arlinda B. dela Torre of San Roque, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. It is 19 metres (62 ft) in length with a beam of 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) and gross tonnage of 14.38. It is powered by a diesel engine with a single screw. The boat was built in 2000.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Background, Yuemaobinyu 42212
Yuemaobinyu 42212 (MMSI No. 412471286) is a Chinese steel-hulled fishing vessel operating from Guangdong Province, China. It is 44 metres (144 ft) in length and a beam of 8 metres (26 ft).


2019 Reed Bank incident, Investigation, Joint Philippine Coast Guard - Maritime Industry Authority investigation
The crew believed that the ship that rammed their vessel was Chinese but were unable provide the ship's bow number to the Philippine Coast Guard. On 20 June 2019, the joint Philippine Coast Guard - Maritime Industry Authority investigation was completed and its contents made public on 6 July 2019. Key points therein stated that:


2019 Reed Bank incident, Investigation, Others
Though equipped with automatic identification system transponders, Yuemaobinyu 42212, the ship that sank the Filipino boat, was shown to have either had a problem with the equipment or had turned it off deliberately during the period from 27 April 2019 to 12 June 2019 and therefore could not be tracked immediately before or after the ramming incident. An Oceana Philippines representative stated that "going dark" was common practice for ships engaged in illegal fishing.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, China
On 13 June 2019, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman pronounced the incident an "ordinary maritime accident". The following day, the Chinese Embassy in Manila released a statement via Facebook claiming that a Chinese fishing boat, Yuemaobinyu 42212, "was berthed near Reed Bank when it was suddenly besieged by 7 or 8 Filipino fishing boats". In attempting to evade the Filipino boats, the Chinese vessel's lightning grid cable dragged into the Filipino boat's pilothouse, causing the boat to tilt and founder. However, this Facebook post was later deleted.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, China
China released a revised statement on 18 June 2019, this time omitting the narrative that Yuemaobinyu 42212 had been besieged by 7 or 8 Filipino fishing boats. The statement referred to the incident as an "accidental collision" between fishing boats and offered sympathies to the Filipino fishermen.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, China
In August 2019, Chen Shiqin, the president of the Guangdong Fishery Mutual Insurance Association, sent a letter to the Philippines apologizing for one of its member's ships sinking F/B Gem-Ver and subsequently abandoning its crew. It was initially reported that the apology was accepted, but this was later refuted by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, Philippines
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on 12 June 2019 (Philippine Independence Day) condemned the sinking of F/B Gem-Ver. In particular he denounced "the actions of the Chinese fishing vessel for immediately leaving the incident scene abandoning the 22 Filipino crewmen to the mercy of the elements", an action which he described as "cowardly". Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. lodged a diplomatic protest regarding the incident with the People's Republic of China on the same day.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, Philippines
Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad on 15 June stated that what happened to the Filipino fishing boat was "not an accident but a deliberate maneuver to ram the smaller vessel." Philippine Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio also stated that it was "highly likely that a Chinese maritime militia vessel rammed the Filipino fishing vessel". The  People’s Liberation Army’s maritime militia, estimated to field 300 vessels and 4000 personnel, is made up of civilian fishermen who receive military training and pay. Their boats are equipped with reinforced hulls for ramming other vessels, as well as high-powered water hoses and sophisticated communications gear.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, Philippines
After days of silence, President Rodrigo Duterte made a statement on 17 June 2019 about the incident, stating that this was a "maritime incident". For his part, F/B Gem-Ver captain Jonel Insigne declined to meet with the Philippine President; Insigne was described as "still too traumatized" by the incident to travel to the nation's capital. Duterte later stated that he was allowing China to continue fishing in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. This drew a disappointed reaction from the fishermen concerned, so much so that even the wife of the Gem-Ver's captain stated that she would welcome Duterte's impeachment.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, Philippines
After the Chinese sent a letter of apology for the incident to the Philippines in August 2019, Philippine Justice Antonio Carpio emphasized that the author was in error when he stated that the incident occurred in the "waters of Reed Bank, Nansha Island Group". Nansha is the Chinese name for the Spratly Islands, and Reed Bank is a completely separate feature from any island in the Spratlys.


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, United States
The United States Embassy in Manila issued a statement on 14 June 2019, urging "all parties to refrain from using coercion and intimidation to assert their territorial and maritime claims."


2019 Reed Bank incident, Reactions, Vietnam
Vietnam released a statement on 20 June 2019, saying that its fishermen complied with international maritime laws when they rescued the distressed crew of the Filipino fishing boat. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang cited the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the convention of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and that Vietnam's vessels were discharging international obligations while operating at sea.


2019 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election
The 2019 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in England. It coincided with other local elections. Due to ward boundary changes, the entire council was up for election for the seats in the all new wards. Each ward is a three member ward. These were the first boundary changes since 2000.


2019 Reign FC season
The 2019 Reign FC season is the club's seventh season of play and their seventh season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. It is the club's first season playing in Tacoma, Washington, following the relocation from Seattle and rebrand from Seattle Reign FC.


2019 Reign FC season
This is the NWSL's first season with the increased standard roster size from 20 to 22. In addition, there are now four supplemental roster spots for players making the minimum salary that do not count against the team salary cap. Teams now must carry at least 20 players at any given time and could carry as many as 26 players.


2019 Reign FC season, Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.


2019 Reinert Open
The 2019 Reinert Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Versmold, Germany between 8 and 14 July 2019.


2019 Reinert Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Reinert Open – Doubles
Pemra Özgen and Despina Papamichail were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 Reinert Open – Doubles
Amina Anshba and Anastasia Dețiuc won the title, defeating Ankita Raina and Bibiane Schoofs in the final, 0–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2019 Reinert Open – Singles
Olga Danilović was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Reinert Open – Singles
Nina Stojanović won the title, defeating Katharina Hobgarski in the final, 6–0, 7–5.


2019 Renault UK Clio Cup
The 2019 Renault UK Clio Cup was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in the Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDC that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club, it forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship. It was the 24th Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season and the 44th of UK motorsport undertaken by Renault and Renault Sport.


2019 Renault UK Clio Cup, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are currently signed to run the 2019 season. All teams and drivers are British-registered.


2019 Reno 1868 FC season
The 2019 Reno 1868 FC season is the club's third season of existence and their third in the United Soccer League Championship, the second tier of American soccer .


2019 Reno 1868 FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Results
On December 19, 2018, the USL announced their 2019 season schedule.


2019 Reno 1868 FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of the USL Championship, Reno 1868 FC will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14–15, 2019, with the pairing announced on April 17.


2019 Reyhanlı car bombing
The 2019 Reyhanlı car bombing was a car bombing attack that occurred on 5 July 2019 in the city of Reyhanlı in Hatay Province, Turkey. The blast killed at least three people from Syria.


2019 Reyhanlı car bombing, Bombing
The bombing occurred in a car in the Hatay Province near the border with Syria. The car was carrying citizens from Syria.


2019 Reyhanlı car bombing, Victims
The three victims were Syrian citizens who were inside the car that exploded.


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300
The 2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on September 14, 2019, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the 26th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the final race of the regular season before the playoffs.


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300, Background, Track
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300, Practice, First practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.659 seconds and a speed of 176.131 mph (283.455 km/h).


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300, Practice, Final practice
Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.744 seconds and a speed of 175.644 mph (282.672 km/h).


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300, Qualifying
Cole Custer scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.773 seconds and a speed of 181.372 mph (291.890 km/h).


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300, Race, Summary
Cole Custer started on pole, but Christopher Bell overtook him and proved to have the fastest car of the night. Bell won both stages and was able to prevent contenders Custer, Justin Allgaier, and Chase Briscoe from passing him on a straightaway. Tyler Reddick clinched the regular season championship after Stage 2.


2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300, Race, Summary
A caution was thrown on lap 128 after C. J. McLaughlin slammed the turn 3 wall. Reddick pit as his car needed repairs while the leaders stayed out. Reddick went out front when the leaders made green-flag stops between laps 165 and 175 as no cautions occurred afterwards. With 25 laps remaining, Reddick's lead increased to 10 seconds, prompting him to save fuel. Bell began catching up to Reddick, closing in the gap. Ultimately, Reddick (despite his car sputtering over the last three laps) was able to hold off Bell to win the race. For the playoffs, John Hunter Nemechek and Ryan Sieg took the final two spots on points over Gray Gaulding and Jeremy Clements.


2019 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in CAA play to finish in last place.


2019 Rhode Island Rams football team, Previous season
The Rams finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.


2019 Rhode Island Rams football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Rams were predicted to finish in eighth place.


2019 Rhode Island Rams football team, Preseason, Preseason All–CAA team
The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team
The 2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 59th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams were be led by seventh-year head coach, Gareth Elliott.


2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team, Background
Rhode Island finished the 2018 season with a 15–5–0 overall record and a 5–3–0 record in Atlantic 10 play, to finish 3rd in the conference. Rhode Island won the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament and earned a berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. There, they lost to UConn in overtime, 3–4. It was Rhode Island's first berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2006.


2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team, Background
Dominik Richter and Peder Kristiansen were named to the Atlantic 10 first team.


2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was the 35th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place on 16–19 May 2019 at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.


2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 September to 22 September 2019. The competition took place at the National Gymnastics Arena and served as a qualifier to the 2020 Olympic Games.


2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
As of August, 62 federations had registered for the event, with a total of 173 individual rhythmic gymnasts and 139 group rhythmic gymnasts.


2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, Individual, All-Around
Note: The top 16 gymnasts in this list have earned their NOCs a qualification spot at the all-around individual event of the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, Groups, Group All-Around
The top 8 scores in the apparatus qualifies to the group apparatus finals.


2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, Groups, Group All-Around
Note: The top 5 teams in this list that are not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics (Russia, Bulgaria, and Italy) qualified a team for the group all-around event at the 2020 Olympics:  Japan,  Belarus,  Israel,  China,  Azerbaijan. Since Japan qualified a group, the host nation reallocation quota went to  United States.


2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election
The 2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Ribble Valley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Ribble Valley Borough Council election, Summary
The 2019 Ribble Valley Borough elections saw the Labour Party lose its only elected Councillor. It also saw the Conservative Party make loses to the benefit of the Liberal Democrats who gained 6 Councillors on the Council. The Borough elections was first time all wards in the Ribble Valley went up for election since 2015.


2019 Rice Owls football team
The 2019 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach Mike Bloomgren. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division. Notably, they started the season on a nine-game losing streak before closing out the season by winning their final three games.


2019 Rice Owls football team, Previous season
The Owls finished the 2018 season 2–11, 1–7 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the West Division under first year head coach Mike Bloomgren. They were not invited/did not qualify for any postseason play. Despite the record, the Owls retained Bloomgren along with a majority of his staff.


2019 Rice Owls football team, Preseason, C-USA media poll
The preseason poll was released prior to the Conference USA media days on July 17–18, 2019. The Owls were predicted to finish in sixth place in the C–USA West Division.


2019 Rice Owls football team, Preseason, Preseason All–C-USA teams
The Owls were the only team in the West Division that had no players selected to the preseason All−Conference USA teams.


2019 Richmond Football Club season
The 2019 season was the 112th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the VFL/AFL. The season ended with the club winning its 12th league premiership.


2019 Richmond Football Club season, Reserves
The 2019 season marked the sixth consecutive year the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team was captained by former AFL-listed defender Steve Morris. The team finished the home and away season with 16 wins and two losses, winning a second straight minor premiership.


2019 Richmond Football Club season, Reserves
Finals wins over Essendon and Port Melbourne earned them a spot in the grand final, where they defeated Williamstown to win the club's first VFA/VFL premiership in 114 years and the club's first reserves grade premiership since 1997. AFL-listed midfielder Marlion Pickett won the Norm Goss Memorial Medal as the best on ground that day.


2019 Richmond Football Club season, Reserves
VFL listed defender Daniel Coffield won the team's best and fairest award while three players tied for the goal kicking award (21 goals), Jacob Townsend, Dan Butler and Mabior Chol.


2019 Richmond Football Club season, Women's team
The 2019 season was the second year the Richmond Football Club ran a team in the VFL Women's competition (VFLW). The team finished the season with nine wins and five losses, placing 4th on the ladder of 13 teams and earning a finals berth. There they were eliminated in a loss to the Western Bulldogs. AFLW-listed midfielder Monique Conti won the club's best and fairest award. Conti also was runner's up in the league best and fairest award.


2019 Richmond Kickers season
The 2019 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 28th season of existence, their 15th season in the third tier of American soccer, and their first season in the newly-created USL League One. It was the Kickers' first season playing in the third tier of American soccer since 2016, when they were in the United Soccer League. The season covers the period from October 14, 2018 to the beginning of the 2020 USL League One season.


2019 Richmond Kickers season, Non-competitive, Preseason
On January 19, 2019, the Kickers revealed their preseason schedule. Richmond played seven matches in the span of just over a month, including five games against collegiate programs and two games against clubs from the USL Championship. All six games took place in the state of Virginia, with the Kickers playing host to five of those games; just one, however, was played at City Stadium.


2019 Richmond Kickers season, Competitive, USL League One, Match results
On December 7, 2018, the league announced the home openers for its inaugural season. Richmond's first-ever match in the league will take place on March 30, 2019, with the Kickers playing host to Lansing Ignite. Richmond will also take part in the home-opening match for Lansing, visiting Cooley Law School Stadium on April 13.


2019 Richmond Kickers season, Competitive, USL League One, Match results
The remainder of the league schedule was released on December 10, 2018. The inaugural USL League One season will consist of 28 matches for the Kickers, with Richmond playing four times against Chattanooga Red Wolves and three times against every other opponent. Richmond will renew their series with Orlando City B and Toronto FC II, both of whom they previously faced in the United Soccer League; they will face all seven other teams for the first time.


2019 Richmond Kickers season, Competitive, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of USL League One, the Kickers entered the tournament in the First Round, playing on May 7, 2019.


2019 Richmond Spiders football team
The 2019 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at E. Claiborne Robins Stadium. The Spiders were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.


2019 Richmond Spiders football team, Previous season
The Spiders finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.


2019 Richmond Spiders football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Spiders were predicted to finish in tenth place.


2019 Richmond Spiders football team, Preseason, Preseason All-CAA team
Senior defensive lineman Maurice Jackson was named preseason defensive player of the year for the CAA and to the preseason all-conference team. Safety Daniel Jones was named honorable mention for the all-conference team.


2019 Richmondshire District Council election
The 2019 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the election, the Conservatives lost control of the council.


2019 RideLondon Classique
The seventh edition of the Prudential RideLondon Classique was a UCI Women's WorldTour race on the Saturday evening on a 3.4 km circuit in central London, beginning and finishing on The Mall. The women's elite race, previously known as the Grand Prix pro race, was given UCI World Tour Status in 2016 and has the highest ever value prize money for a women's one-day race.


2019 RideLondon Classique
It was won by Lorena Wiebes after Kirsten Wild, who passed the finish first, was disqualified for causing a crash in the sprint.


2019 RideLondon Classique, Teams
Sixteen teams professional teams each with a maximum of six riders, will start the race:


2019 RideLondon–Surrey Classic
The 2019 Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 4 August in London, England. It was the eighth edition of the London–Surrey Classic and was the thirtieth event of the 2019 UCI World Tour.


2019 RideLondon–Surrey Classic
Defending champion Pascal Ackermann did not return to defend his title. In his absence, Elia Viviani took the win with Ackermann's teammate Sam Bennett coming in second. Viviani's teammate Michael Mørkøv held off Jasper Stuyven for the final podium place.


2019 RideLondon–Surrey Classic, Teams
Twenty teams of up to seven riders participated in the race:


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes (more commonly referred to in scientific literature as the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence) of July 4 and 5 occurred north and northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, California located  in Kern County and west of Searles Valley (approximately 200 km [122 mi] north-northeast of Los Angeles). They included three initial main shocks of Mw magnitudes 6.4, 5.4, and 7.1, and many perceptible aftershocks, mainly within the area of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. Eleven months later, a Mw  5.5 aftershock took place (the largest aftershock of the sequence) to the east of Ridgecrest.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
The first main shock (now deemed to be a foreshock) occurred on Thursday, July 4 at 10:33 a.m. PDT, approximately 18 km (11.2 mi) ENE of Ridgecrest, and 13 km (8.1 mi) WSW of Trona, on a previously unnoticed NE-SW trending fault where it intersects the NW-SE trending Little Lake Fault Zone. This quake was preceded by several smaller earthquakes, and was followed by more than 1,400 detected aftershocks. The M 5.4 and M 7.1 quakes struck on Friday, July 5 at 4:08 a.m. and 8:19 p.m. PDT approximately 10 km (6 miles) to the northwest. The latter, now considered the mainshock, was the most powerful earthquake to occur in the state in 20 years (after the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake). Subsequent aftershocks extended approximately 50 km (~30 miles) along the Little Lake Fault Zone.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
Relatively minor damage resulted from the initial foreshock, though some building fires were reported in Ridgecrest near the epicenter. The main quake on July 5 cut power to at least 3,000 residents in Ridgecrest. Effects were felt across much of Southern California, parts of Arizona and Nevada, as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, and as far south as Baja California, Mexico. An estimated 20 million people experienced the foreshock, and approximately 30 million people experienced the mainshock.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquakes
At 10:02 a.m. PDT (17:02 UTC) on July 4, 2019, a 4.0 Mw  foreshock occurred about 6.8 mi (10.9 km) southwest of Searles Valley, California. A foreshock registering 6.4 Mw  occurred at 10:33 a.m. PDT (17:33 UTC) 7.5 mi (12.1 km) southwest of Searles Valley. The most populated area near the epicenter was Ridgecrest, home to 28,000 people. The foreshock originated along a strike-slip fault in the Eastern California Shear Zone, a region frequented by earthquake swarms, near the edge of Death Valley National Park. The rupture occurred along a 10 mi (16 km) section of an unspecified fault.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquakes
Earth on either side of the fault was deformed, with lateral shifts of 6–8 in (15–20 cm) in the immediate vicinity. The exact fault it occurred on is uncertain with many small faults encompassing the region, though United States Geological Survey (USGS) seismologist Susan Hough stated it may have been the Little Lake Fault. Focused at a relatively shallow depth of 6.6 mi (10.7 km), the foreshock affected a large region populated by 20 million people. Residents near the epicenter reported that shaking lasted approximately 30 seconds. Shaking was felt as far north as Sacramento, California, eastward to Phoenix, Arizona, and as far south as Baja California, Mexico, with evacuations taking place in Mexicali and Tijuana.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquakes
At 8:19 p.m. PDT on July 5, a larger 7.1 Mw  earthquake occurred in the Ridgecrest area after being preceded by a 5.0 Mw  foreshock 3 minutes prior, revealing the previous day's 6.4 Mw  earthquake to have been a foreshock. All three earthquakes have been described by the United States Geological Survey as occurring via shallow strike-slip mechanisms. Subsequent seismic activity occurred along two intersecting faults in the Little Lake Fault Zone.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquakes, Aftershocks
A significant series of additional earthquakes followed the foreshock, with the majority of magnitudes ranging approximately 2–4 Mw . By the evening of July 5, more than 1,400 earthquakes occurred, the strongest of which measured 5.4 Mw  at 4:07 a.m. PDT (11:07 UTC) on July 5. Shaking from this aftershock was felt as far north as Fresno, as far south as Laguna Hills (including Los Angeles), and as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada. No additional damage occurred from any of the aftershocks. The number of aftershocks within hours of the earthquake were unusually high, but not unprecedented.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquakes, Aftershocks
Thousands more aftershocks occurred following the 7.1 Mw  event, with the total number of aftershocks exceeding 3,000 by the morning of July 7. Geologists at the USGS estimate an additional 34,000 aftershocks in the six months following the earthquakes.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquakes, Aftershocks
On June 3, 2020, at 6:32 PM PST, a 5.5 Mw  aftershock was recorded 11 miles south of Searles Valley. This aftershock is tied for the strongest aftershock following the 7.1  Mw  mainshock.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Impact, July 4 foreshock
Structural damage and two building fires—one of which destroyed half of a home—occurred in Ridgecrest. One mobile home was knocked off its foundation and deemed uninhabitable. Around 20 injuries were reported, primarily from shattered glass and falling debris. Some gas lines broke, prompting utility companies to shut off service. Businesses experienced product loss, with goods falling off shelves. Emergency personnel responded to nearly two dozen incidents in the city and opened two shelters. Fifteen patients at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital and residents in several apartment buildings were evacuated.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Impact, July 4 foreshock
Approximately 6,900 customers lost power near the epicenter: 6,000 in Ridgecrest and 900 in Searles Valley. A 4 in (10 cm) wide crack occurred along State Route 178 near Searles Valley and debris covered part of U.S. Route 395. In Trona, several buildings sustained damage, water and gas lines broke, and power lines fell. Rockslides covered multiple roads around the community, blocking off mountain roads, including the section of State Route 178 that connects Bakersfield with Lake Isabella. In Los Angeles proper, power outages affected the Fashion District and Granada Hills.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Impact, July 4 foreshock
One person died in Pahrump, Nevada, when a lifted Jeep he was working under collapsed.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Impact, July 5 mainshock
Several fires broke out and five injuries were reported after the mainshock hit, most of them in Ridgecrest and Trona. 3,000 people were left without power in Ridgecrest and the rest of Kern County. In Trona, severe damage was reported, with houses knocked off their foundations and numerous gas leaks. Roughly 50 homes were damaged in the town. Multiple rockslides also occurred, making all roads to the city impassable. Water was also in high demand. CalTrans once again closed State Route 178 after new cracks and rockslides had occurred.